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Ralph Nader (b. 1934) —
of Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
27, 1934.
Lawyer; university
professor; consumer advocate; candidate for President
of the United States, 1996 (Green), 2000 (Green), 2004
(Independent), 2008 (Independent).
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2020.
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Christian M. Newman (born c.1867) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., about 1867.
Democrat. Patent attorney; member of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Eben Newton (1795-1885) —
of Ohio.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1795.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1842-51, 1862-64; common pleas court judge in Ohio,
1844; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1851-53; railroad
president.
Presbyterian.
Died in Canfield, Mahoning
County, Ohio, November
6, 1885 (age 90 years, 21
days).
Interment at Canfield
Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.
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Henry Gleason Newton (1843-1914) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 5,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885, 1895; trustee, Farmers' and
Mechanics' Savings Bank,
Middletown, Conn.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March
21, 1914 (age 70 years, 289
days).
Interment at Durham Cemetery, Durham, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Capt. Gaylord Newton and Nancy M. (Merwin) Newton; married 1885 to Dr.
Sarah Allen Baldwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Monroe Nichols (1859-1908) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., January
15, 1859.
Republican. Real estate
broker; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died, from locomotor
ataxia, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., September
16, 1908 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Conn.
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Leonard J. Nickerson (born c.1858) —
of West Cornwall, Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Cornwall, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Cornwall, 1883, 1921-23;
resigned 1923; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1923; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Nickerson (born c.1939) —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 149th District, 1987-90; member of
Connecticut
state senate 36th District, 1991-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Christine M. Niedermeier (born c.1952) —
Born about 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1980; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1986, 1987.
Female.
Still living as of 1987.
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Ebenezer Foote Norton (1774-1851) —
also known as Ebenezer F. Norton —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
7, 1774.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Erie County, 1823; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1829-31.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 11,
1851 (age 76 years, 185
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Abraham Nott (1768-1830) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Saybrook (now Deep River), Middlesex
County, Conn., February
5, 1768.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1796-97; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1799-1801;
circuit judge in South Carolina, 1810-19.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., June 19,
1830 (age 62 years, 134
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Walter Chadwick Noyes (1865-1926) —
also known as Walter C. Noyes —
of Lyme, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., August
8, 1865.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Connecticut, 1895-1907; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1907-13.
Died June 12,
1926 (age 60 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Noyes and Catherine (Chadwick) Noyes; married, October
22, 1895, to Luella Shapley Armstrong. |
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John Francis O'Brien (1874-1939) —
also known as John F. O'Brien —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 13,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1927-39; appointed 1927; died in
office 1939.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
25, 1939 (age 65 years, 195
days).
Interment somewhere
in Norwalk, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Denis
O'Brien and Margaret (McCahill) O'Brien; married to Hilda Le
Grand Lockwood. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Joseph P. O'Connell —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1937-42; defeated,
1922, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Burr Osborne (1798-1869) —
also known as Thomas B. Osborne —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Weston (part now in Easton), Fairfield
County, Conn., July 8,
1798.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1836, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1839-43; member of
Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1844; county judge in Connecticut,
1844; probate judge in Connecticut, 1851; law
professor.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
2, 1869 (age 71 years, 56
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Patrick Brett O'Sullivan (1887-1978) —
also known as Patrick B. O'Sullivan —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.; Orange, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1917; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924; Connecticut
Democratic state chair, 1930; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1931-50; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1950-57; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Orange, New Haven
County, Conn., November
10, 1978 (age 91 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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Oran Gray Otis (1795-1836) —
of Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born December
5, 1795.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County, 1831-32.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., June 28,
1836 (age 40 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allan W. Paige (1854-1913) —
of Huntington (now Shelton), Fairfield
County, Conn.; Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sherman, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1882, 1891-92; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1891-92; member
of Connecticut
state senate 21st District, 1905-06; defeated, 1906.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Union
League.
Died July 27,
1913 (age 59 years, 149
days).
Interment at Mountain
Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
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Francis A. Pallotti (b. 1886) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
21, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1923-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1936; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1939-45; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1945.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
Italy; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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William Adams Palmer (1781-1860) —
also known as William A. Palmer —
of Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt.
Born in Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn., September
12, 1781.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Caledonia
County Probate Judge, 1807-08, 1811-17; Caledonia
County Clerk of Court, 1807-15; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1811-12, 1818; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1816; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1818-25; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1828, 1836, 1850; Governor of
Vermont, 1831-35; member of Vermont
state senate, 1836-37.
Died in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., December
3, 1860 (age 79 years, 82
days).
Interment at Danville
Green Cemetery, Danville, Vt.
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Frederick W. Palomba (born c.1894) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury; elected 1920;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1968.
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard S. Paoletta (born c.1935) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1935.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn.; defeated, 1979; elected 1981, 1983.
Still living as of 1983.
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Dwight Whitfield Pardee (1822-1893) —
also known as Dwight W. Pardee —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., February
11, 1822.
Lawyer; law partner of Isaac
Toucey; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1858-59; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1863-73; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1873-90.
Episcopalian.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
6, 1893 (age 71 years, 237
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Amasa Junius Parker (1807-1890) —
also known as Amasa J. Parker —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 2,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1837-39; circuit
judge in New York, 1844-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-55; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1856, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1864;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 13,
1890 (age 82 years, 345
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Francis Hubert Parker (1850-1927) —
also known as Francis H. Parker —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
23, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1878, 1880,
1909-10; candidate for Connecticut
state senate, 1894; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1900-08.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Historical Association.
Died in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., February
9, 1927 (age 76 years, 139
days).
Interment at Mt. Parnassus Burying Ground, East Haddam, Conn.
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Samuel Holden Parsons (1737-1789) —
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 14,
1737.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
colonial assembly, 1762-74; general in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1784-85; justice of
Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-89.
Drowned
in a canoe
accident, near Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, November
17, 1789 (age 52 years, 187
days).
Cenotaph at Mortimer
Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Philip R. Pastore —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1933-40; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1964.
Burial location unknown.
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John Paterson (1744-1808) —
of Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Lisle, Tioga County (now Broome
County), N.Y.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., 1744.
Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1775;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Tioga County, 1792-93; Broome
County Judge, 1798, 1806; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1803-05.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died in Lisle, Broome
County, N.Y., July 9,
1808 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Whitney Point, N.Y.; reinterment in 1892 at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Wesley Ulysses Pearne (b. 1851) —
also known as Wesley U. Pearne —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 1,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Middletown, 1901-02, 1905-06;
defeated, 1902.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Marshall Pearne and Emily Ann (Swathel) Pearne; married,
April
25, 1883, to Harriette Cornelia Arnold. |
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Epaphroditus Peck (born c.1861) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1925-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard B. Peck (1873-1917) —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, October, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Derby, 1917; defeated, 1902;
died in office 1917.
Died in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., January, 1917
(age 43
years, 0 days).
Interment at Oak
Cliff Cemetery, Derby, Conn.
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Elias Perkins (1767-1845) —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Newent Society (now Lisbon), New London
County, Conn., April 5,
1767.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1795-1800, 1814-15; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1798, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1801-03; county judge
in Connecticut, 1807-25; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1817-18; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1819-22; mayor
of New London, Conn., 1829-33.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., September
27, 1845 (age 78 years, 175
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Thomas C. Perkins (born c.1799) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1799.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1847; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1849-53.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Lord Perry (b. 1871) —
also known as Frederick L. Perry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., March
14, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1915-16, 1921-23;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1917-21; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Niles Perry and Fedora Elizabeth (Lord) Perry; married, October
22, 1902, to Annie Emilie Newton. |
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John H. Perry (born c.1849) —
of Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Southport, Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1877-78, 1881, 1889-90; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1889-90; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902; member of
Connecticut
state senate 25th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Pettibone (1784-1825) —
of Vernon, Oneida
County, N.Y.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Litchfield
County, Conn., May 26,
1784.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oneida County, 1814-15; circuit judge in
Missouri 2nd Circuit, 1821-23; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1823-25; appointed 1823; died in
office 1825.
Died in St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo., July 31,
1825 (age 41 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Phelan (b. 1851) —
also known as John J. Phelan —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in County Wexford, Ireland,
June
24, 1851.
Marble and
granite dealer; lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1885-87; Supreme
Knight, Knights of Columbus, 1886-97; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1893-95.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Phelan and Catherine (White) Phelan. |
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Charles Phelps (1852-1940) —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
10, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Vernon, 1885; member of Connecticut
state senate 23rd District, 1893-94; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1897-99; Connecticut
state attorney general, 1899-1903; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Vernon, 1902;
Tolland
County State's Attorney, 1904-15; bank
director.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Psi
Upsilon; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
3, 1940 (age 87 years, 177
days).
Entombed at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Rockville, Vernon, Conn.
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Edward John Phelps (1822-1900) —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., July 11,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Vermont state constitutional convention, 1870; candidate for
Governor
of Vermont, 1880; law
professor; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1885-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 9,
1900 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Greenmount
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt.
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Elisha Phelps (1779-1847) —
of Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., November
16, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Simsbury, 1807, 1812,
1814-18, 1821, 1829, 1835; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1821, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-21, 1825-29;
member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1822-24; Connecticut
state comptroller, 1830-34; postmaster at Simsbury,
Conn., 1837.
Died in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., April 6,
1847 (age 67 years, 141
days).
Interment at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Noah
Phelps and Lydia (Griswold) Phelps; married, April
16, 1810, to Lucy Smith; father of John
Smith Phelps; first cousin once removed of Norman
A. Phelps; first cousin twice removed of William
Walter Phelps; first cousin thrice removed of Sheffield
Phelps; first cousin four times removed of Phelps
Phelps; second cousin once removed of Amos
Pettibone and George
Smith Catlin; second cousin twice removed of Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Asahel
Pierson Case; second cousin thrice removed of Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; second cousin four times removed of Alexander
Royal Wheeler and Donald
Barr Chidsey; third cousin of Augustus
Pettibone, Gaylord
Griswold, Hezekiah
Case and Rufus
Pettibone; third cousin once removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Parmenio
Adams and Augustus
Herman Pettibone; third cousin twice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Edmund
Holcomb, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Selah
Merrill and Timothy
E. Griswold; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Wells Holcomb, William
Lucius Case and Burton
Everett Hoskins; fourth cousin of Jason
Kellogg, Benjamin
Trumbull, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Lancelot
Phelps, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr. and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin
Tallmadge, Joseph
Silliman, Aaron
Burr, Theodore
Dwight, Gold
Selleck Silliman, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Benjamin
Silliman, Oliver
Owen Forward, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Walter
Forward, Walter
Booth, Abiel
Case, Chauncey
Forward, Harrison
Blodget, Jairus
Case, Lorenzo
Burrows, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Lyman
Trumbull, William
Dean Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, William
Gleason Jr., Almon
Case, James
Phelps and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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James Phelps (1822-1900) —
of Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Colebrook, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
12, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1853-54, 1856; member of Connecticut
state senate 19th District, 1858-59; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1863-73, 1885-92; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1875-83.
Died in Essex, Middlesex
County, Conn., January
15, 1900 (age 78 years, 3
days).
Interment at River
View Cemetery, Essex, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Lancelot
Phelps and Elizabeth Loveland (Sage) Phelps; married, September
30, 1845, to Lydia A. Ingram; third cousin once removed of Benjamin
Trumbull; third cousin twice removed of Noah
Phelps, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849) and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of George
Smith Catlin and Lyman
Trumbull; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord
Griswold, Elisha
Phelps, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Calvin
Tilden Hulburd, Peter
Augustus Porter, Bushrod
Ebenezer Hoppin, Judson
B. Phelps, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney and Erskine
Mason Phelps. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Smith Phelps (1814-1886) —
also known as John S. Phelps —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Simsbury, Hartford
County, Conn., December
22, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Greene County, 1840-41; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5th
District 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; Governor of
Missouri, 1877-81; defeated, 1868.
Slaveowner.
Died, in Sisters' Hospital,
St.
Louis, Mo., November
20, 1886 (age 71 years, 333
days).
Interment at Hazelwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Elisha
Phelps and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; married 1837 to Mary
Whitney; grandson of Noah
Phelps; second cousin of Norman
A. Phelps; second cousin once removed of William
Walter Phelps; second cousin twice removed of Sheffield
Phelps; second cousin thrice removed of Phelps
Phelps; third cousin of Amos
Pettibone and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin once removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Gaylord
Griswold, Hezekiah
Case, Rufus
Pettibone, Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Asahel
Pierson Case; third cousin twice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Pierpont
Edwards, Alexander
Royal Wheeler and Donald
Barr Chidsey; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams and Augustus
Herman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed of Jason
Kellogg, Benjamin
Trumbull, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill, Lancelot
Phelps, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Abijah
Blodget, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Edmund
Holcomb, Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Peter
Augustus Porter, Selah
Merrill and Timothy
E. Griswold. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Phelps County,
Mo. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article |
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Noah A. Phelps (born c.1789) —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, about 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1842-44; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1842-43; member of Connecticut
state senate 18th District, 1847-48.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Shethar Phelps (1793-1855) —
also known as Samuel S. Phelps —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 13,
1793.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1821-32; justice of
Vermont state supreme court, 1832-38; member of Vermont
state senate, 1838-39; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1839-51, 1853-54.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., March
25, 1855 (age 61 years, 316
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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William Walter Phelps (1839-1894) —
also known as William W. Phelps —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
24, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1873-75, 1883-89;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1881-82; Germany, 1889-93; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors and
Appeals, 1893-94.
Died in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., June 17,
1894 (age 54 years, 297
days).
Entombed at Hop
Meadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jay Phelps and Rachel Badgerly (Phinney) Phelps; married 1860 to Ellen
Maria Sheffield (sister-in-law of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; aunt of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren); father of Sheffield
Phelps; nephew of Norman
A. Phelps; grandfather of Phelps
Phelps; great-grandnephew of Noah
Phelps; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin twice removed of Elisha
Phelps; second cousin of Hiram
Bidwell Case; second cousin once removed of John
Smith Phelps; third cousin once removed of Amos
Pettibone and George
Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Augustus
Pettibone, Gaylord
Griswold, Hezekiah
Case and Rufus
Pettibone; third cousin thrice removed of John
Strong, Oliver
Ellsworth, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Charles
Jenkins Hayden and Asahel
Pierson Case; fourth cousin once removed of Parmenio
Adams, Augustus
Herman Pettibone, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler, Allen
Jacob Holcomb, Arthur
Burnham Woodford and Carl
Trumbull Hayden. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Albert Phillips (born c.1888) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stamford, 1911-12; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1913-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel F. Pickett (born c.1886) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1921-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Noble E. Pierce (born c.1855) —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1891-94; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention from Bristol;
elected 1901; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1902.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwards Pierrepont (1817-1892) —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 4,
1817.
Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1857-60; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1869-70; U.S.
Attorney General, 1875-76; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1876-77.
Suffered a stroke,
and died four days later, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 6,
1892 (age 75 years, 2
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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James Protus Pigott (1852-1919) —
also known as James P. Pigott —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
11, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1885-86; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1888
(speaker),
1900;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1893-95; defeated,
1894.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 1,
1919 (age 66 years, 293
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, West Haven, Conn.
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A. Searle Pinney (c.1921-2002) —
of Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1955-61; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1960
(alternate), 1964
(delegation chair), 1968
(alternate); Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1961-64.
Died in Brookfield, Fairfield
County, Conn., April
30, 2002 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Pitcher (1795-1892) —
of Spencer
County, Ind.; Posey
County, Ind.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
22, 1795.
Lawyer; Spencer
County Sheriff, 1826-30; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1830-31; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1837; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-44; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Reputed to have loaned law books to the young Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Ind., August
2, 1892 (age 96 years, 346
days).
Interment at Hedges
Central Elementary School Playground, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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Frederick Walker Pitkin (1837-1886) —
also known as Frederick W. Pitkin —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born in Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn., August
31, 1837.
Lawyer; Governor of
Colorado, 1879-83.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
18, 1886 (age 49 years, 109
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Relatives: Son
of Eli Pitkin and Hannah M. (Torrey) Pitkin; married, June 17,
1862, to Fidelia Maria James; second great-grandnephew of William
Pitkin; first cousin four times removed of William
Greene; first cousin five times removed of Roger
Wolcott; second cousin twice removed of Timothy
Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of William
Greene Jr. and Daniel
Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of George
Eastman; third cousin twice removed of Ray
Greene; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, Thomas
Chittenden, Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Moses
Seymour, Josiah
Meigs, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin of Abel
Madison Scranton and Joseph
Pomeroy Root; fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Condict, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, John
Robert Graham Pitkin, Clarence
Horatio Pitkin, Carroll
Peabody Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin and Eldred
C. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Upham
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Pitkin County,
Colo. is named for him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847) —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
21, 1766.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1790, 1792, 1794-1805, 1819-30;
Speaker
of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1805-19 (3rd District 1805-07,
at-large 1807-09, 5th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-19); delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; member of
Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1830.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
18, 1847 (age 81 years, 331
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Pitkin (1727-1812) and Temperance (Clap) Pitkin; uncle of
Emily Pitkin Perkins (who married Roger
Sherman Baldwin); grandson of William
Pitkin; third great-grandson of George
Wyllys and John
Haynes; first cousin thrice removed of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); second cousin once removed of Daniel
Pitkin, Henry
Meigs and William
Whiting Boardman; second cousin twice removed of Erastus
Wolcott, Oliver
Wolcott Sr., Henry
Meigs Jr., John
Forsyth Jr., Edward
Green Bradford, Joseph
Pomeroy Root and Frederick
Walker Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of Chester
Dorman Hubbard, Delos
Fall, Edward
Green Bradford II, Mabel
Thorp Boardman and Benjamin
Lewis Fairchild; second cousin four times removed of William
Pallister Hubbard, Edward
Green Bradford Jr. and Elizabeth
Bradford du Pont Bayard; second cousin five times removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III, Henry
Belin du Pont Jr., Thomas
Francis Bayard III and Alexis
Irenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin of Enoch
Woodbridge; third cousin once removed of Josiah
Cowles, Moses
Seymour, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold, Frederick
Wolcott, William
Woodbridge, Dudley
Woodbridge, Eliphalet
Adams Bulkeley, John
Leslie Russell, Joshua
Perkins and John
Robert Graham Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge, Morgan
Gardner Bulkeley, Leslie
Wead Russell, William
Henry Bulkeley, Charles
Hazen Russell, Luther
S. Pitkin and John
Clarence Keeler; third cousin thrice removed of George
Douglas Perkins, Clarence
Horatio Pitkin, Carroll
Peabody Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin, Lewis
Wardlaw Haskell, Eldred
C. Pitkin and Aubrey
Howells Sherwood; fourth cousin of Samuel
Clesson Allen, Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857), Henry
Seymour, Ela
Collins, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth and William
Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Martin
Chittenden, Leonard
White, Benjamin
Hard, Gideon
Hard, Harrison
Blodget, John
William Allen, John
Milton Fessenden, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Origen
Storrs Seymour, John
Appleton, Jane
Pierce, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Washington Wolcott, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, George
Seymour, William
Collins, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott, McNeil
Seymour, Julius
Levi Strong, Matthew
Griswold, Henry
William Seymour, William
Sheffield Cowles and Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900). |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague
family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter
family; Shippen-Middleton
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
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David Plant (1783-1851) —
of Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
29, 1783.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Stratford, 1819-20; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1819-20; member
of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1821-23; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1823-27; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1827-29.
Died in Stratford, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
18, 1851 (age 68 years, 203
days).
Interment at Congregational
Burying Ground, Stratford, Conn.
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Omar William Platt (1874-1956) —
also known as Omar W. Platt —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Milford, New Haven
County, Conn., January
30, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Milford, 1901-04; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1924;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1939.
Died in Milford, New Haven
County, Conn., November
22, 1956 (age 82 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Orville Hitchcock Platt (1827-1905) —
also known as Orville H. Platt —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., July 19,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1857-58; member of Connecticut
state senate 6th District, 1861-62; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1864, 1869; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1869; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1864,
1868;
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1879-1905; died in office 1905.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., April
21, 1905 (age 77 years, 276
days).
Interment at Washington
Cemetery on the Green, Washington, Conn.
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Algert F. Politis (born c.1908) —
of New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1908.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of New Britain, Conn., 1971; appointed 1971.
Lithuanian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Hobby Pond (1781-1861) —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Milford, New Haven
County, Conn., April
26, 1781.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1850-51, 1852-54; Governor of
Connecticut, 1853-54.
Died April
28, 1861 (age 80 years, 2
days).
Interment at Milford
Cemetery, Milford, Conn.
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